section 9: dismounting and mounting the loader
Dismounting the Loader | • Continue raising the boom until center points of the support | |
| plates on the bottom of the loader hitch bracket are resting | |
WARNING: A stored loader can fall and cause | on the ground, the loader hitch arms and bucket are support- | |
serious injury or death. Securely store loader and | ing the weight of the loader, and the bottom of the RH and | |
attachments on a hard level surface to prevent | LH masts have lifted off the tubular bars of the RH and LH | |
falling. | mounts. Refer to Figure 13. | |
| • Stop the tractor engine and engage the parking brake. | |
WARNING: To provide necessary balance, the | • Disconnect the loader hoses from the tractor’s hydraulic | |
loader bucket must be installed before attaching | couplers by pushing inward the locking collar on each female | |
or detaching from tractor, or when loader is in | coupler of the tractor. Leave the hoses in the hose retainer | |
stored position. | rod. | |
IMPORTANT: The bucket must be installed to remove and | • | |
| plers, and push the protective caps onto the male couplers of | |
Move the tractor and loader to a firm, level storage site. | the loader hoses. | |
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• Using the implement control lever, level the bucket and lower | ||
the front loader. | ||
it to the ground to take the weight off the mounting pins | ||
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securing the loader hitch bracket in the front mount receiver. | ||
Set the tractor’s parking brake. | secure with the two lynch pins. | |
• Remove the two lynch pins and withdraw the two mounting | WARNING: Do not climb or lean on the loader | |
pins that secure the loader hitch bracket in the front receiver. | ||
while it’s in a stored position. Keep children and | ||
Refer to Figure 13. | ||
bystanders away from the stored loader. | ||
• Carefully use the control lever to raise the boom and lower the | ||
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loader hitch bracket out of the front receiver. |
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LH Mast
Front Mount
Receiver
Mounting
Pin
LH Mount
Lynch Pin
Loader Hitch
Bracket
Center of
Support
Plate
Figure 13
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